Irishpapermoney.com was originally created in the long ago era of 800x600 monitors, and the 56k Modem being the fastest connection domestically available. Those of us who remember the bad old days of the web when your over-priced dial up would drop its connection when your upload/download was at 98% (necessitating reconnection and starting again) well appreciate the current joys of even a slow broadband connection. The web site was optimised for these modems. In the current era of faster connections, irishpapermoney.com deserves an upgrade to take advantage of this increased speed. Page sizes will also be increased.

The website is modular in its construction, allowing for sections to be added and removed without disrupting the smooth functioning of the rest of the site. Thus, irishpapermoney.com is about to undergo a service Life Extension upgrade to add new content and modernise the overall structure, bringing the site to Version 2.0.0 overall. The appearance of irishpapermoney.com will not be significantly affected, though it will be slightly slower to load after the addition of all the new stuff—the slowdown will hopefully only be noticeable to those of us with 56k dial ups.

Visitors who would like to suggest enhancements or adjustments, now's your chance!
Comments here, or by email to lists AT irishpapermoney DOT com

Change PhasesPhase One: 100% complete as of 19.09.15
Main structural revamp. All pages will be increased in size from 580px wide to 960px wide.
One layer will be removed, with text content merged with pictorial content and links on introduction pages. Back end changes to support this. New sections will be added to the Old Notes area.
Navigation system will be adjusted to suit new structure. Many new images will be added and existing images will be upgraded from .gif to .jpg. Lightweight .gif were used to speed up loading on 38k and 64k modems. Even slow smartphones are faster than these were, so gif images are essentially obsolete in this usage.

Phase One initial will go live, with various pages being upgraded on a peicemeal basis as they are ready. These upgraded sections will be listed here as they are uploaded.

Phase One final will go live with the bulk of pages being changed in one upgrade.
New sections will be added to the Old Notes section in this upgrade, adding the remaining banks.

Phase Two: 100% complete as of 26.02.16
Main back end structural revamp. Mostly links being added, and an upgrade of the main links page to make it more relevant.
• Addition of google search boxes — completed 02.09.15.
• Addition of a broad range of Irish notes for sale — cancelled. Mail order implemented instead. 100% complete.
• Completion of Main Links page upgrade — completed 26.02.16.

Phase Three: 61% complete
Addition of extra images to existing web site structure.3A — 100% complete
• Addition of B Series banknotes View By Date section — 100% — completed 30.04.16.
• Addition of C Series banknotes View By Date section — 100% — completed 02.05.16.3B — 25% complete
• Addition of a large number of new images, mostly to the Old Notes section, and a restructuring of this section. Images scavenged from the web over the years. Many of these were simply not available 5 years ago, when work was last done on the old Notes section.
Phase Three B will happen gradually.

Phase Four: 1% complete
Addition of new sections on the Private banks, generally pre-1835.
Phase four will start with a basic Introductory section, onto which will be added sections with notes from various banks.
The section on Private banks was started about 9 years ago, and paused shortly thereafter.
—Layout started. Start: 01.08.17.

Additional New content: constantly underway
Addition of new sections to the website—these sections will also undergo expansion subsequent to their introduction.
1. Grading Guide
2. Design Variations

10.05.15 • Upgraded the Contact Pages, and skelital site map, not that there was much to do there.
Also upgraded the About Ireland page, fixing the irritating bug which caused the viewer's browser to crash when the Adobe link was clicked. Don't need that link anyway!

Having great fun debuging bits of left over code after stuff is moved around. Some of the pages need to be tweaked with hand-coding, it's the only way to get them to behave correctly.

28.07.15
Phase One is now nearly complete with a major upgrade of many pages in one go. Site is working smoothly, so no dropped links there!
Upgrades made to all the Legal Tender Note sections, and to Consolidated notes. Errors aside, these sections are now complete.

Added some new pages to the Old Notes section. Actually, the new pages were created back in 2009, but never switched on! Some of the notes sections are in need of revision and addition, which will be done after the Site Upgrade is complete.

Lower level enhancements and minor adjustments to various pages will continue, but these will not be noticeable to any significant degree.

30.08.15
Commencing the addition of a google search facility to the main web site.

02.09.15
Google search boxes added to all level 1 and level 2 pages. Had to adjust all the other pages to make the additions seamless.
Website structure is beginning to show its age here, I think. Adding the google box took longer than it should have. Anyway, done now